The Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-02-21, Page 10WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1M
itA4)!,Titi THE: .LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL, 1.,PCKNOW.,,. ONTARIO
Mrs. G. W: Joynt gave two
suitable readingS in connection
with citizenship, of which she is
chairman. Mrs., Eldon Hender-
son of the special occasion com-
mittee stated they had called on
Mrs.. Ed Thom on the occasion
of her 91st birthday and made
'mention of Miss. Catherine
MacGregor's approaching one
hundredth birthday in March. 'The
offering was received by Mrs. V.
Hunter and Mrs. E. Dunsmuir and
dedicated by Mrs. R. Adkert.
' The program was in charge of
the. Community Friendship corn-
mittee , with Mrs, Garfield Mac-
Donald chairman. The theme
was Kindness. Scripture and med
itation, in keeping with the '
theme , were presented by Mrs.
Jim Mathers and Mrs,
Hunter. Two pleasing solos •were
Chalmers Wdll
WHITECHURCH NEWS,
On Thursday , February 15
Chalmers Presbyterian Women's
Missionary Society held their
meeting at, the home of Mrs. Earl
Caslick. The president Mrs.
Wm. Rintoul presided and gave
the call to worship. 'Mrs. John-
ston Conn was organist.
Mrs. Rintoul extended a warm
welcome to all and gave a poem
Law of Love. The scripture was
read by Mrs. WM. Evans. The
meditation One Day at a Time
was given by. Mrs., Wallace Conn
and Mrs. Robert Mowbray led in
prayer.
A reading "It Matters Not" was
given by Mrs. Robert Ross. .Plans
were made for the Worlds Day of
Prayer,, which is to beheld in, the
Unitedf Church on March, 2nd at
2 p.m. Mrs. Wallace Conn was
to arrange for a speaker. The
March meeting of the group will
be held at the home of Mrs. Vic- ,
The roll call was answered by
an attendance of 15 telling which
of the 10 commandments they
found hardest to keep. • The
fourth commandment keeping the
Sabbath Day was the one hardest
.to keep, The offering was ded-
icated by Mrs. 'Victor Emerson.
A. poem "He knows the Way'
was given bye. Mrs. Gordon Rintoul.
The treasurer Mrs. Johnston Conn
gave her report. A i0¢ .fee per
member was collected for Plesby-
terial Expenses.
All sang' Blest are the pure in
heart and MrS. John de Boer gave
the closing prayer. Tlie grace
was sung and Mrs. Caslick served
lunch:
Mrs. Victor Emerson thanked
the hostess for her hospitality.
The topic "Times That Try the
Soul" was given , by Mrs: -
Wesley Tiffin. We know we are
living in days' that try the souls
of folks. Orders of the day are
spirit of laWlessness i mobS,
protests, disregard for laws, vio-
lence; hatred, bloO'dshed, con-
tempt for God arid man. God
tells us that to those who are'
faithful, I will keep you:. The
lesson we need •to learn is that
all our hope rests in what Christ
has done for us. FeW Christians •
to day live as 'Christians should.
Ali Christians should have a hum-
ble heart, a willing mind and an
obedient mind, so he can rest in
the sure prornise of God, given .
to all who put their trust in Him..
GIVE...
so more will live
HEART FUND •
rendered by Mrs.. Eunice Duns-
rnuir accompanied by Mrs: Wes
Fitchiec
Mrs. MacDonald made further
cornment\on the importance of
visiting, a great opportunity to
bring cheer to the lonely and
shut-ins. Hymn 876 and. prayer
!,lathers closed the meet.
LUCKNOW
UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Robert. Nicbolla, B.A.
Minister,
FEBRUARY 25th
10 am. Sunday School
11 a.m. Morning Worship
Youth Service
(dress casual)
Those wishing transportation to
church contact
Win. G. Minter 528-2741
POINT TO PONDER
Christianity has not failed, it
has never been tried.
Dean Inge
Lucknow
Presbyterjan Church
Rev. Glenn Noble, B.A., B.D.
Minister
Phone 528-2740
FEBRUARY 25th
16:00 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Morning Worship
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LUckNOW
CHRISTIAN
REFORME.D
CHURCH •
J. W. Van Stempvoort•
Pastor
Services:
10:00 a.m. Service
2:30 p.m. Service
VISITORS WELCOME.
New Young'
Women's Chqrch.
Group Formed
On Tuesday, February 13th
the younger women of the Presby .
terian congregation 'met in the
Church basement.
The group got off to a very
lively beginning with yoga exer-
cises led by; Linda Johnston.
Linda plans to do some research-
and continue these'
exercises at future' meetings.
The Worship Service was led,
.by Nancy Brown. "He's Got the
Whole Wor.10" was sung' by every -
one..' Scripture passages were
read by Marg Wilson, Lorerie
Conley , Donna, Moffat and
Jessie Johnston. The closing'
prayer was read by June Gilchrist.
A very amusing game called
"Inflation" was then played. It
was led by Donna Johnston and
Lloya iNlicholsOn. Assignments
were given out and each group,
had to bargain with each other to,
get the required, articles to corn ,
plete these assignments. This
game caused irritation and ten-
sion but everyone hated to see it
A very lovely .lunch was then
served. Over coffee, plans were
disettssed for future meetings.
The next meeting will be held'
on March 13th,. Roll call for this'
meeting is to bring a friend.
4,..r° BROWNIE
NEWS
On Tuesday, February 13th the
LuCknow Guides and Browniesjoin-
ed. together for a 'skating party at
the arena. We were happy to' .
have Mrs. A. E. McKim join us
and skate along with the Guides
and Brownies.
• After an hour of skating every-
one enjoyed a lunch of sandwich-
es, chocolate milk and valentine
cookies, before going home.
Kairshea WI
The Kairshea W.I.. met at the homo of Mrs. Harry
day, February '14th, Citizenship
was the theme.. The
sung and . The Mary Stewart
lest repeated,': Thei President,
Mrs.130b Gilchrist, welcomed
members and visitors. The
.scripture "Qod. is Love" was read
by, Mts. 'Lloyd. MacDougall,
. Members were asked to keep
the following dates in mind -
District Directots meeting, with
Kairshea as hostess, will be held'
March 20th in the Lucknow Town
Hall. 'The Officers:cooference,
May ,2 at Waterloo, Mrs. Lloyd
MaOl5ougall a delegate is
to attend. Achievement Day
for .the Short 'Course "Workifig
with, Knits" will•be held in
•FOrmosa Community Hall the
evening of April 3rd .at
7.30 p.m.
....The roll call was answered by
.Citizenship 'is. a lot of little ,
things ''-na me one..A . convener
was needed to fill. theoffice of
Citizenship and' World Affairs fa
the' District. . • Frank MacJ(
,zje was appointed 'to fill, this
'Office. Mrs. Ira Dickiegave2
Valentine readings 7 "To My Val
entine" and "A 'Valentine .for the
Rural'Honsewife".. Mrs. Roy'.
Finlayson told points of interest
of a trip. she 'had to 'the Ccirrilitaa
a few. years back: ••
• A Commentary What about
Canada attracted you? - Mrs..
Tom Day , . Mrs .. Philip Steer.from
'Eriglandand Ivies. Hank Harte-
mink from Holland. .Tactilold
of their planS to come to danada
and experiences and. impressions
since coming. .Each cornmen-
tary was made very interesting.
• ' CUrrent. 'Events were Mrs..
Parrish Moffa t..
.
cOntest.was
conducted by Mrs. Allan .Mae-.-
Donsall.' O. Canada was sung .
followed by The' Institute Grace.
Lamb was served by the hOstess
and directors Mrs
.
Frank MacKei
tie and Mrs. 'Lloyd; MacDougall,
The Match' meeting is at the
bOme of. Mrs. Hank Harternink
on. TbursdaY ,, March 15th.. Come
for dessert at I p, m. , the rneot.
ing to. f011ow • •
LUOCnOW 1KW
General Meeting
The new president, Mrs. Ra
nerd Ackert preiided for the first
general meetingvf Lucknow Unit-
ed-Church Women for 1973. She •
opened the meeting with a chal-
lenging reading for the coming
year. The minutes of the last
general meeting were read by Mrs.:
Harvey Houston and approved, as •
well' as reCoMmendations from the.
executive.
The follov‘ing appointments
were made, Mis. Raynard Ackert
to the official board, Mrs. George
Newbold to the Board of Stewards,
Mrs. Jack:Treleaven to the manse
committee, and Mrs. Robert
Nicholls and Mrs. Ken Cameron
• to the Christian Education corn- •
mittee. All Standing motions.
were renewed for a two year
period.
The U. C. W. will give support
to another family nite as they did
in 1972... Mardi 10th ,was announ-
ced as Presbyterial Day in Walk-
erton and March:2 as World Day
'of Prayer in' the Christian Reform-
ed Church. The corresponding
secretary Mrs. K. Cameron reid
many notes of appreciation from
chose reinembered at Christmas
time and at time of bereavement.
A letter of thanks was alsso read
from the Bank of Montreal ack-
nowtledging the catering service
for their opening. ,
Rev. Nich011S presented by
map, suggestions of changing
boundary lines in our Presbytery.
Discussion follovied and opinions
on this matter are, to, be forward-
ed .to Mrs. G. Murray, of Harris-
ton. Mrs..Gordon Morrison of
the'Program planning committee
announced Mrs. Marion Harrison
of Atwood, who recently travel-
led India , would be speaker for
the Spring Thankoffering, April
4h. We anticipate her message ,
as. w.e continue Our study On,_
India in 1973.. '
Mrs. Vernon Hunter presented
the suggested budget for this year
in the absence of Mrs. G. New-
bOld financetchairman, due to
illness. $3,355 will be the ob-
jective , .$1500 of this amount
will, be allocated to the Mission •
and:Service Fund of the United
Church of Canada: The treasur-
er's report showed 102 fees paid
and $268.51 raised to date. Re
ports on Supply and Welfare
were given by Mrs. Alex Andrew
literature by Mrs. Bryce Elliott.
tor Wybenga.
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